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Victoria Mars
Rank #276

Victoria Mars

$7610.2B

Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, United States

Food & Beverage

Biography

Victoria Mars and her three sisters are heirs to the family's giant candy and pet food company, Mars, Incorporated.

She and her sisters all inherited their own estimated 8% stakes in the company when their father Forrest Mars Jr. died in 2016.

Her great-grandfather Frank Mars founded the candy company in 1911.

The $40 billion (sales) company is best known for making candy such as M&Ms, Milky Way and Skittles.

In addition to sweets, the company also makes Ben's Original rice and pet food, including Pedigree and Whiskas.